Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 493 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

1. 1.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
34. 34.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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